Garment-bag.



H. E, & D. GOLDBERG.

GARMENT BAG.

APPLIGATIO To all whom it may concern lnven 'd certain new and useful Improvescale on the'lino 3-3 of Fi i.

garments to protect the same against the'de- Lil.

damn Em ooiinnnne aim DAVID GOLDBERG, or CHECAGO, rumors, Easiness-es snnnx srEomLmEs-eoiarmw: on enloaoo,

ILLINESIS.

GARMENT-BAG.

Application filed Lay 15 1911.

'Be it known that We, Hyman ELI Gonnnnizo and DAVID GOLDBERG, citizens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the. count of Cook and state of Illinois, have ments'in Garment-Bags; and We do hereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact description of the invention such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apprtains to make and use the same.

ThIS lIIVGIIlilOD has for its ob ect to provide a garment bag suitable for containing posit of dust thereon and against attack by moths, and consists in the features of conattraction and combinations of parts hereinafter fiilly described and claimed.

In "the accompanying" drawings illnstrating a garment-bag embodying the invention: Figure -1 is a View in front elevation partly broken awn of a garment hag constructed in accordance with our invention. Fig. -2' isja fragmentary detail section of the same on an enlarged scale on the line 22 of Fig. '1- Fig.-3 is a hori zontal section of the same on an enlarged Fig.

is a fragmentary detail view in, vation showing an elastic closure employed. Figl -5 is a detail perspective view of one member of the closure employed.

Our iiivention has several objects. one thereof being to provide a gal'l'nont hag. which is primarily cheap and convenient for use and which is adapted to contain a mnlli- '1 plicity .of garments to he protected from dust and moths A further object of the invention is lo pro vide a garment hag; which may he hung on a suitable support, and which. while so snpported, may receive garments and permit. removal of the same without removing it i from its support.

A still further object of the invonlion is to provide a supportinglhook for garments or garment hangers within thchag which is l so disposed relatively to lhe hook lor supporting. said bag as to cause the mg-1a of i the inserted garments to throw the lower end of the bag in a direction opposing the direction of insertion of garments.

A further object of the invention is to provide simple and convenient means for Serial 1T2. 62?,32'5.

effecting closure and. sealing of the bag he tween the intervals of insertion into and moval of garments from the same.

The bag may be made of an sni" 'terial but is preferably made paper. it consists ot a rectangaiar receptacle in. the

the bag being folded to ion flaps E11 and 1* respec rely, oh are 5. ed to he folded over to else or seal id.

open side edge. The O} posits longitudinal edge of the has; is pr vided with anaccordion plait G to render the same more readily expansihlc in well-known manner.- The upper and lower ends of the hag are scalel.

On the tlap F, formed by the free portion of the rear Wall ofthe hag. there is mounted one member H oi a latch or 910- sure. consists of a. hook of a suitable form attached in any convenient inanncr to said llap F. In the drawings We have illnslraici l 1hr mil... shoe lace hook having s through ilap wnal xvi-1y io secure Upon the lroni wall of lhelmg a similar hook i. z-ounled in a similar nmnner the latter. as

:sh n'n in Fig. ----5- being provided nolwovn its ends Willi an ogening J through which lhc e-lasiic loop K is adapted to pass. Tlw loop K is made of the ordinary covered rnohor ('lZlSllC cal lo a given lcnglh and the lwo end poi-lions olf which are engaged with varh olhor by means of a metallic clasp l) which when oonl'rarl'cd. prevents separation lhcrcol. The said clasp l. is of greater di amen-r than the opening J in the hookl so to he incapable of passing through the- ,sainc, sa d opening being, however, sulficiently large lo pcrn'iit the loop to he passed therethmugh, as is shown in. Fig. 3. The sa d hook i) is pfi-set relatively to the a" the hook Cthcre hook C toward the closed longitudinal edge or side of the bag so that when insertinga of said garment into the bag the weight garment when imposedupon said hook D, will serve to throw the lower end portion of the bag in a direction opposed to the direction of insertion of the garment and thus increases the convenience of'insertion, that is to say, the garment to be inserted is usually disposed upon a garment hanger and the latter is grasped during insertion. Hence, the upper end portion of the parment will he forced into the bag but the rictional resistance to the insertion of the lower end portion serves, generally, to cause the said lower end portion of thebag to recede and, therefore, after the garment han er, upon which said garment is supported, lies been hung upon the hook D it usually becomes necessary for the personto carefully insert the lower end portion of the garment into the lower end portion of the bag. By o1i'-setting said hook D, as described, however, the weight of the garment on the hook serves to automatically throw the bag back to its normal position and thus to automatically receive the lower end portion of the garment.

()ur said bag is simple, cheap and extra ordinarily convenient for use, being readily opened and sealed and rendering the insertion and removal of garments easy.

\Ve claim as our invention:

A device of the kind specified comprising a bag open along one longitudinal edge, a reinforcing member in the upper end thereof from which the bag-body depends, a hunger for said bag secured to the middle portion of said reinforcing member and a single member adapted to 'supporfi'a garmeat within the bag secured to sa1d reinforcing member adjacent the pointof attachn'icnt of sa hanger therewith and farther from the I posed upon said supporting member acting to tilt the hag to swing the open edge in a direction opposed to the direction of inserpen edge of the bag than said hanger, the weight or a garment imtion of said garment, substantially ad do w scribed.

2. A device of the kind specified comprising a bag open along one longitudinal e go, a reinforcing member in the upper end a hunger for said bag secured to the middle portion of said reinforcing member, a single member adapted to support a garment within the bag secured to said reinforcing member adjacent the point of attachment of said hanger therewith and farther from the open edge of the bag than said-hanger, the weight of a arment imposed upon said supporting mem er acting to tilt the bag to swing the open edge in a direction 0p need to the direction of insertion of suit garment, and means-for effecting closure of the open edge of the bag to seal the same, subfiantially as described. b

3. The garment dclive herein dothereof from which the bag-body depends,

scribed comprising a bag ike ody portion'vfl having a side opening at the extreme edge of the bag with the front portion of the bag extending approximately to the open side thereof and with the back' portion of the bag provided with a flap extendinglatemlly over the front portion to :1 int in front of the bag and about the mid 1e line thereof whereby a substantial closure flap is formed which extends sufficiently beyond the side opening to efficiently guard against'the entrance of dust, fastening devices for securing the edge of said flapto the bag fron means permanently closm the upper an lower ends of the bag and evices at the top and within and without the ating in suspending a garment within the bag and forsuspending the bag and its contents. lv

In testimony whereof we have signed our names in presence oftwo subscribing witncsscs.

HYMAN ELI GOLDBERG. DAVID GOLDBERG. Witnesses:

MAE M. Home, vF. T. HIGLEY,

Bag for cooper 

